"You take advantage of our simplicity and confidence to make us believe you think very highly of us."
"Highly! divinest Miss Sallianna! highly is not the word; extravagantly is better! In the presence of your lovely sex we feel our hearts expand; our bosoms—hem!—are enlarged, and we are all your slaves."
("Just listen, Redbud!" whispered Verty, laughing.)
"La!" replied the voice, "how gallant you are, Mr. Jinks!"
"No, Madam!" said Mr. Jinks, "I am not gallant!"
"You?"
"Far from it, Madam—I am a bear, a savage, with all the rest of the female sex; but with you—you—hem! that is different!"
("Don't go, Redbud!—"
"But, Verty—"
"Just a minute, Redbud.")